#the mid-century modern of it all...

[aes-h]

not so berry gen 1 house (2)

[thenobleprincex]

going from fellow travelers' matt bomer to mid century moderns' matt bomer is the best kind of whiplash

[mrfunnyinthebank]

was watching Mid-Century Modern with my neighbor (70 year old recovering catholic) and i was saying how i think it's really cool how one of the main characters is a guy who grew up in the mormon church and was excommunicated years before when someone found out he was going to Fire Island (lost his wife and kid) and now he's fully out of the church and living openly as a gay man (and has reconnected with his kid)

i said that i think it's very important to tell stories like that, because there's a lot of people who are in that situation or something similar

and this guy went on kind of a passionate rant lowkey like "it's so awful the people who fully buy into it, and their 'all-loving god' (very sarcastic) but you can't be be gay or bisexual or transgender"

i was like oh ok i'm watching the show work its magic right now i think

[short666bread]

[antiquesfreaks]

There are several tried-and-true methods to increase the value of antiques and collectibles. You’re not gonna like any of ‘em.

[witchhammerx]

[softerpixels]

in the middle of furnishing patience and eloise’s ranch and i saw a speedbuild of a really cool house i am dying to play in… 😭

[famenxt]

👻🎃Halloween Mid Century Modern Art Set | Modern Boho Decor

[starshipheartofg-erti]

i love you instagram videos of hairstylists' and nail techs' before and afters. i love you youtube videos of people's home DIY and craft projects. i love you paint mixing videos where you can't look away because you wanna know what colour it's gonna end up. i love you creation i love you progress i love you process and i love you strangers who let me have the honour of watching

[folk-lore-emporium]

In the shop: A pair of contemporary, MCM-style deep golden Jace chairs by AllModern. Like new. They retail for about $350-400 and the yellow is currently not on offer. This pair prices at $282. At Ruckersville Gallery, Ruckersville, VA. (Chairs sold)

[llycaons]

you get off at the station to transfer in SEC and you're totally fucked. there no signs nor guides. they have you wandering all of creation in your 30 lb backpack trying to find the escalator. just a massive granite platform with boxes every couple hundred feet that you can't read until you're almost in them. jersey followers will know

[faggottomcruise]

fuck all websites. im going to become an architecture and retro blogger. what r they gonna do stop me

[rigels-nigels]

what century are we talking here because people bathed (and more importantly *washed*) a lot more than twice a decade for a very very very long portion of history, and in fact did so quite commonly, every few days iirc in medieval times, and while they weren't as big as in rome, they were still a pretty big thing until about the 16th century, bc of, yknow, the catholic church and they got associated with brothels and whatnot

like, in the general medieval times you could basically be prescribed with taking a bath if you were feeling unwell, as they believed it served as a sort of reset for your body (and they were right tbh, bath will fix many ailments lmao) And alongside that, it was really just a not uncommon part of treatment. Reading the trotula (a collection of 3 manuscripts relating to health and beauty), in the medical section, a number of treatments given had the person take a bath as part of said treatment.

and even if you didn't take a bath bath that doesn't mean they didn't clean themselves! sponge baths are things! even if you took a bath only once a month you'd still wipe yourself clean with a tub of water, soap, and a cloth!

they also very much had skincare. again, looking to the trotula, the 3rd manuscript is all about cosmetics. (one of the first things mentioned there is to take a bath, or steambath, they had saunas then still) they had hair cleansers, hair powders, and a variety of other hair treatments, over twenty in this one manuscript. They also had face masks, oil, creams, i needn't go on

Their teeth care was also not horrific either like you'd be led to believe, like, they believed that bad smell = disesase, and they weren't entirely wrong in a way, but as such, bad breath was something people did try to avoid. hazel twigs were a not uncommon thing to use, and they could combine it with powdered salt and clove for a bit more abrasiveness (miswak is a very similar thing from the mustard tree still used today) (also there wasn't nearly as much sugar in foods then as now which would have helped a lil)

can't speak entirely on the water thing but like, again, they weren't stupid they just didn't have the same level of tech and knowledge as we do now. they knew dirty water was bad, they just didn't know the exact reason why. the only reason i could think as to why they would have ever drank such is 1. they didn't know it was contaminated (a more likely problem when living in a city, they did try to keep the polluting things downstream for obvious reasons but one can only do so much) 2. they had no choice (things happen, war, drought, you'll take what you can get)

[monachopism]

so theyre remaking golden girls w three gay men. okay. why didnt they just call it golden girls

[scobbe]

I don’t always take pictures of other people’s bathrooms, but when I do they are brilliantly mid-century modern

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